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MORE THAN 100,000 CHILDREN HAVE BEEN DISPLACED BY THE LATEST ESCALATION IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, UNICEF SAID ON SUNDAY, WARNING THE NUMBERS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE AS VIOLENCE SPREADS.(PHOTO).

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 More than 100,000 children have been displaced by the latest escalation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, UNICEF said on Sunday, warning the numbers are expected to rise as violence spreads. Since Dec. 1, intense fighting has uprooted more than 500,000 people, with children accounting for over 100,000 of those displaced in South Kivu alone, the UN agency said in a statement released Sunday. It said since Dec. 2, hundreds have been killed in the fighting, and children have been among the victims, with four students killed, six injured, and at least seven schools attacked or damaged. The rapid escalation has forced hundreds of thousands of children and families to flee within Congo and into neighboring Burundi and Rwanda, it added. Many people fleeing the violence have crossed into Burundi, with over 50,000 new arrivals reported between Dec. 6 and 11, nearly half of them children, UNICEF said, adding that the numbers are expected to rise as more displaced are identified. “Chi...
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PHOTOS FROM TONTO DIKEHS CHARITY TOUR.

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              Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh,who have been on tour to various charity homes in Ghana and in Nigeria,sharing gift items.She is operating under her own Tonto Dikeh foundation,which was formed to help the poor.This last December,not only did she visit charity homes in Ghana,but she also organised football matches.Now,she was seen visiting the Teaching Hospital in Ikeja Lagos for which she went round the wards,sharing toys and gift items personally to the sick.That is vary thoughtful of her.More photos below.                           
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7 MALI SOLDIERS,KILLED TODAY BY SOME ISLAMIC MILITANTS.

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                   A spokesman for the Malian army,confirmed the attack in the town of Nampala,northeast of the capital Bamako,but he declined to give pressmen any details about the casualties.A Mayor named Oumar Diakite said the islamist gunmen killed at least seven Malian soldiers near the Mauntarian border,two years after France helped take back the territory seized by al-Qaeda linked militants.''The attack started at 4am.The Islamist were on motorbikes ans some were on foot.They killed seven soldiers before they were chased out of the army''.
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NIGERIAN LABOUR CONGRESS,FAULTS THE 2015 BREAKUP PREDICTION OF NIGERIA.

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               Ever since they predicted that Nigeria might be divided in 2015 by some international observers several years ago.The prediction is now like a jinx on Nigerians because when ever there is problem in the government,Nigerian citizens will start panicking saying ''They have said it ohh that we will divide by 2015'',now the Nigeria Labour Congress popularly known as NLC spokesperson Mr Peter Ozo Esun,who is the General Secretary said ''I am confident that the prediction will fall flat on the face .Nigeria will not disintegrate in 2015.Yes we have challenges,we however have confidence that Nigeria will rise to the challenge and deal with these challenges.Nigeria had faced challenges in the past,probably more severe than now and we did not disintegrate.I believe that this country is so united and has created ties that are not easily dissolve-able.The prediction will not come through.We are worried that the country is at war but the body l...
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